School District of Philadelphia Calendar 2026-27

The SDP 2026-27 calendar

This is the district's own calendar, as SDP publishes it. Tap a page to open the full-size image.

Add the SDP calendar to your phone

Pick a file. Each one is an all-day event per day off, and a break is one event across all its days.

On an iPhone

Tap a file above, then tap Add All. The dates go into the calendar you choose.

In Google Calendar

On a computer, open Google Calendar, then Settings, then Import & export. Choose the file and the calendar to add it to. The dates show up on your Android phone too.

In Outlook

Open the downloaded file, or in Outlook on the web go to Add calendar, then Upload from file.

These files are a copy of the calendar today. If the district changes a date, download the file again.

SDP vacations and holidays, 2026-27

Every day with no school for students, from the first day to the last: 22 entries and 35 weekdays in all.

Days off for some schools only

These are school days for everyone else, so they are not in the table or the counts above.

• Monday, Aug. 24 to Wednesday, Aug. 26: Kindergarten interview days (no class for kindergarten), kindergarten only

SDP early release days

The 2026-27 calendar has no early dismissal or half days. Every day off is marked as a full day. Every school day on it is a full day.

Schools can still send their own early dismissal notices, so watch for those.

Calendar notes: what to plan around

Long weekends and breaks

Every stretch of three or more days with no school, counting weekends.

• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Sept. 5 to Monday, Sept. 7. Labor Day. Back Tuesday, Sept. 8.
• 4-day weekend: Friday, Sept. 18 to Monday, Sept. 21. Staff professional development day and Yom Kippur. Back Tuesday, Sept. 22.
• 4-day weekend: Friday, Oct. 9 to Monday, Oct. 12. Staff professional development day and Indigenous Peoples' Day. Back Tuesday, Oct. 13.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, Nov. 14 to Monday, Nov. 16. Report card conference day (no school for students). Back Tuesday, Nov. 17.
• 5-day weekend: Wednesday, Nov. 25 to Sunday, Nov. 29. Thanksgiving break. Back Monday, Nov. 30.
• 12 days off in a row: Wednesday, Dec. 23 to Sunday, Jan. 3. Winter break. Back Monday, Jan. 4.
• 4-day weekend: Friday, Jan. 15 to Monday, Jan. 18. Staff professional development day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Back Tuesday, Jan. 19.
• 3-day weekend: Friday, Jan. 29 to Sunday, Jan. 31. Report card conference day (no school for students). Back Monday, Feb. 1.
• 4-day weekend: Friday, Feb. 12 to Monday, Feb. 15. Staff professional development day and Presidents' Day. Back Tuesday, Feb. 16.
• 10 days off in a row: Saturday, March 20 to Monday, March 29. Spring break and staff professional development day. Back Tuesday, March 30.
• 3-day weekend: Friday, April 16 to Sunday, April 18. Report card conference day (no school for students). Back Monday, April 19.
• 4-day weekend: Saturday, May 15 to Tuesday, May 18. Eid al-Adha and Primary Election Day (tentative). Back Wednesday, May 19.
• 3-day weekend: Saturday, May 29 to Monday, May 31. Memorial Day. Back Tuesday, June 1.

Weeks with fewer than five school days

21 weeks have fewer than five school days, and two weeks have none at all.

Teacher workdays: no school for students

Five of the days off are staff days. Teachers work; students stay home. Plan child care as you would for a holiday.

• Friday, Sept. 18: staff professional development day
• Friday, Oct. 9: staff professional development day
• Friday, Jan. 15: staff professional development day
• Friday, Feb. 12: staff professional development day
• Monday, March 29: staff professional development day

Makeup days

The calendar names no makeup days. If school closes for weather, the district announces how the day is made up.

Also worth knowing

• Days off for some schools only: Monday, Aug. 24 to Wednesday, Aug. 26, kindergarten only. Other schools are open. The list is under Vacations and holidays.
• After the last day, the calendar still shows last day for staff (June 10), Juneteenth (June 18) and Independence Day (observed) (July 5). Students are already out.

First and last day of school

The first day of school is Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. The last day is Wednesday, June 9, 2027.

Teachers start sooner. Staff days before school run Aug. 17 to 21.

The district prints 173 instructional days across the quarters. Our count of the calendar matches.

Grading periods

SDP grades in four terms. The calendar prints each term's dates and its count of full instructional days for grades 1-12.

What the district notes

• Kindergarten starts later. Students in grades 1-12 start Monday, Aug. 24. Kindergarten students have full-day interviews Aug. 24-26 and start class Thursday, Aug. 27, so kindergarten has three fewer school days.
• The May 18 Election Day closing is marked tentative on the calendar. Watch for a district update closer to the date.
• Interim reports are due Sept. 29, Dec. 10, Feb. 25 and May 6. The graduation window is June 7-9, 2027.
• The calendar also lists Rosh Hashanah (Sept. 12), Diwali (Nov. 8), Three Kings Day (Jan. 6) and Lunar New Year (Feb. 6) as important dates. Only Three Kings Day falls on a school day, and school is open. Some religious holidays begin at sundown the evening before.
• The district's monthly student day counts are for grades 1-12. The Board of Education approved the calendar on Feb. 26, 2026.

How we checked these dates

We read every date off the district's own calendar twice: once from the PDF's text and once from the image, cell by cell against its legend. Then we checked each one against the SDP Academic Calendar page.

Every weekday on this page matches its date. The district's printed day counts match our own count of its calendar. If the district changes its calendar, its page is the final word.